Con′tu‐me″li‐ous (? or?; 106), a. [L. contumeliosus.] 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
Shak.
Curving a contumelious lip.
Tennyson.
2. Shameful; disgraceful. Dr. H. More.
— Con′tu‐me″li‐ous‐ly, adv. — Con′tu‐me″li‐ous‐ness, n.